Veteran opening batsman David Warner believes Australia may not need him for the 2025 Champions Trophy. Although he declared his retirement from the longer formats of the game, he left the door open for a possible comeback to the next big ICC tournament if the Men in Yellow require an opening batsman.
However, with Travis Head established at the top of the order and the exciting rise of Jake Fraser-McGurk, Warner believes Australia will be OK without him.
“They may not need me,” Warner told the Sydney Morning Herald about Australia’s 2025 Champions Trophy campaign.
David Warner
Should that situation unfold it is highly plausible that the 2024 T20 World Cup will mark the culmination of Warner’s international cricket career. Despite his unsteady form leading into the tournament the lefthander managed to impress by scoring a rapid fifty in Australias initial warmup match against Namibia and delivering a memorable cameo against West Indies in the final practice game.
Warner highlighted Australias unwavering determination to showcase fearless cricket in the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The teams path includes challenging matches against England Oman Namibia and Scotland in Group B offering fans an exciting journey ahead.
“We’ve always played fearless and I think that’s why we’ve been so successful over the last few years,” he said. “We don’t care about our spot in a team, we just care about doing the best that we can, and making sure that whatever we’re doing, we’re trying to be that match winner.”
“And the fortunate thing is that we’ve got so many of them. One might come off one day, the next day someone else will come off. So we just know that one person in that top six, if they can get anywhere between 60 to 80 runs at a good strike rate, we know we’re always going to post a good total.”
David Warner
Australia’s whole roster is yet to arrive in the Caribbean, since several players just competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs.
“No chance” – David Warner on IPL’s high-scoring trend being replicated in the Caribbean
The just finished 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) produced unprecedentedly high scores. The unashamed batting approach, fueled by the luxury of the impact sub, along with the circumstances, made the 200-run mark a common occurrence throughout the tournament.
However, David Warner believes that such scores will not be achieved in the Caribbean in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
“You’re playing eight or nine batters, and then you’re bowling seven, eight bowlers, and the wickets were extremely flat,” Warner said of IPL 2024.
David Warner
Australia will face Oman at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 6 to open up their 2024 T20 World Cup campaign.
